Lamp-burner.



R. V. BUCHANAN.

LAMP BURNER. APPLICATION FILED JULY 27, 1909.

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LAMP BURNER. APPLICATION IILED JULY 27, 1909.

Patented Jan. 11,1910.

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RIP V. BUCHANAN, 0F PRINCETON, ILLINOIS.

LAMP-BURNER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 11, 1910.

Application filed July 27, 1909. Serial No. 509,791.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RIP V. BUCHANAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Princeton, in the county of Bureau and State of Illinois,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lamp-Burners; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in attachments forlamp burners and my object is to provide means for holding the wick toone side of the opening in the bowl of the lamp, while the bowl is beingfilled.

A further object is to provide means for retaining the wick in avertical position when the burner is properly adjusted on the lamp bowl.

A further object is to provide means for suspending the burner on thelamp bowl while the lamp is being filled, and a further object is to soarrange the attachment that the same may be used for removing thecharred portion of the wick.

Other objects and advantages will be hereinafter referred to and moreparticularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this application, Figure 1is a fragmentary section of a lamp bowl, showing a burner thereon and myimproved attachment applied to the burner also showing the manner ofsuspending the burner and wick when the bowl is being filled. Fig. 2 isa perspective view of my improved attachment removed from the burner.Fig. 3 is a similar view of a slightly modified form of attachment. Fig.4 is a detail elevation of a burner showing the arrangement of that formof device used for removing the charred portion of the wick. Fig. 5 is atop plan view thereof, showing the positions of the attachment in fulland dotted lines, and, Fig. 6 is a bottom plan View of the burner,showing the position of the lower end of the attachment when used toclean the wick or dispose the same in position to permit the wick to beentered into the burner.

Referring to the drawings in which similar reference numerals designatecorresponding parts throughout the several views, 1 indicates the bowlof the lamp which may be constructed in the usual or any preferredmanner and 2 indicates the collar at the upper end of the lamp, whichcollar is interiorly threaded to receive the threaded por tion of theburner a, said burner being constructed in the usual or any preferredman ner and having a wick 5 extending through the tube 6 of the burner.

In order to obviate the necessity of lifting the burner and wickentirely free of the lamp in order to fill the bowl, I provide myimproved attachment, which comprises a pair of parallel bars 7, saidbars being introduced through the burner and extend along one face ofthe tube 6, the upper ends of said bars being bent at right angles toform handles 8, so that said handles may be readily grasped and the rodsmoved longitudinally to properly adjust the same.

The lower ends of the bars terminate in a laterally extending fanlikebracket 10, the free end of said bracket being bent in such shape as toform retaining members 9, which extend beyond the plane of the bracketand engage the edges of the wick and thereby hold the wick in alinement.with the bracket.

lVhen it is desired to fill the lamp, the burner is released from thecollar 2 and extended at right angles to its normal position, the burnerresting on the bowl and adjacent the outer edge thereof, while thebracket 10 engages the collar 2 and holds the burner in position, theloops 9 of the bracket 10 extending inwardly and below the mouth of thebowl to which the collar is attached. By means of the bracket 10, theburner will be securely held in this position while the bowl is beingfilled and likewise the wick will be held at one side of the openingthrough the collar until such time as the burner is replaced on thelamp. In this manner, it will be readily seen that the filling of thelamp with oil will be greatly simplified and the objectionable featureof providing something in which to place the wick when removed from thebowl, obviated, thus rendering the work more cleanly and the operationof filling the lamp can be more eX peditiously accomplished.

In Fig. 3 of the drawings I have shown a slightly modified form ofdevice, in that the bars 7 are provided at a point adjacent theirjuncture with the bracket 10 with a laterally extending recess 11, whichis formed by bringing the paralleling bars 7 together at this point andbending the same outwardly at right angles to the trend of the 1 singlepiece of wire, it will be readily seen.

bars and in practice the wick is engaged with the recess 11 and remainsin a vertical position when the burner is attached to the lamp.

As shown in Figs. 4, 5 and 6 of the drawings, the handles are extendedparallel with the face of the tube 6 so that when the handles are raisedto the upper end of the tube and the bracket 10 swung to the positionshown by dotted lines in Fig. 5 and by full lines in Jig. 6, one of thehandles will be swung across the path of the wick as shown by dottedlines in Fig. 5, thereby removing a portion of the charred or burnedparts of the wick, while by turning the bracket in the oppositedirection, the opposite handle will be swung into engagement with thewick and remove the remaining portion of the burned or charred parts ofthe wick, and as the two handles are in the same relative plane, thewick will be triunned perfectly true across its upper end and theremoval of the charred portion may be readily accomplished withoutsoiling the hands. It will likewise be seen that by turning the bracketto the position shown in Fig. 6, the wick may be readily introduced intothe tube without conflicting with the bracket.

Should the burner be attached to a lamp with a glowing bowl instead of aflat top, bowl as shown, the burner may be moved inwardly on the bars 7until the burner will engage the bowl and. rest thereon when the bracketis secured to the lamp as shown.

The attachment is preferably constructed from a single section of wirewhich is first folded upon itself at its longitudinal center, its closedend being then bent to form the bracket 10 and loops 9, the remainingportion of the wires forming the parallel bars 7. a

After the attachment is so formed, the upper ends of the bars 7 areintroduced through the burner as shown and the ex treme upper endsthereof then bent at right angles to form the handles 8.

By constructing the attachment from a that it can be very cheaplyconstructed and quickly applied to use and with care in handling thesame, will be practically indestructible.

hat I claim is:

1. A device of the character described,

comprising parallel bar-members terminating at their upper ends inlateral, handle ex tensions adapted to occupy a plane laterally. of awick tube for engagement with the charred portion of the wick, the lowerends of said parallel bars also terminating in lateral extensions formedwith eye-shaped portions in continuation of said extensions.

2. A device of the character described, comprising parallel barsterminating at their upper ends in lateral handle members adapted tooccupy a plane laterally of a wicktube, for engagement with the charredportion of the wick, the lower ends of said bars being extendedlaterally and upwardly and outwardly in an inclined position, theextensions thus formed being provided with eye-shaped formations incontinuation of said extensions.

3. A device of the character described, consisting of a single piecehaving parallel. barmembers terminating at their upper ends in lateralhandle members arranged in a plane laterally of a wick burner and forengage ment with the charred portion of a wick, said bar-membersterminating at their trans verse lateral extensions diverging outwardlyfrom each other and having eye shaped formations produced incontinuation of said extensions, said extensions, together with said eyeshaped formations, being deflected oppositely from each other in anupward and outward direction.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

RIP V. BUCHANAN.

Witnesses PEARL LAFFERTY,

W C. SIMPLE.

Correction in Letters Patent No. 946,331.

It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent No. 946,331, grantedJanuary 11, l 1910, upon the application of Rip V. Buchanan, ofPrinceton, Illinois, for an improvement in Lamp-Burners, an errorappears in the printed specification requiring correction as follows:Page 2, line 32, the Word glowing should read globular,- and that thesaid Letters Patent should be read with this correction therein that thesame may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Oflice.

Signed and sealed this 8th day of March, A. D., 1910.

[SEAL] C. (J. BILLIN GS, l Acting Commissioner of Patents.

